Winter sailings are continuing as normal on the two Carnival Cruise Line ships which collided at Cozumel cruise port in Mexico.

Carnival Glory and Carnival Legend collided on Friday 20 December, lightly injuring six passengers on board Glory during the collision.

Carnival Glory was coming into port when she “made contact” with Carnival Legend, according to the cruise line corporation. The ship narrowly avoided Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis of the Seas.

Carnival Glory arrived early on Sunday morning (22 December) in New Orleans as scheduled and debarked all passengers from the previous voyage. The ship’s departure was delayed for a few hours as workers complete some temporary repairs to the ship’s aft dining room.

“All other systems and features of the ship are operating normally,” said a Carnival Cruise Line spokesperson. “On today’s departure and some future sailings, some adjustments to dining room seating reservations may be necessary until final repairs can be completed.”

Glory departed on its seven-day cruise yesterday and will operate as scheduled with the exception of the call at Cozumel, which will be Friday instead of Tuesday. Carnival Cruise Line is advising guests on future sailings to continue to plan for their vacations as booked.

Carnival Legend arrived on Sunday morning in Tampa as scheduled and debarked all passengers from the previous voyage. The ship’s seven-day cruise is operating as normal with the ship sailing its scheduled itinerary.

Carnival Cruise Line has thanked guests for their cooperation, saying: “We are looking forward to providing our guests with a great vacation and we appreciate their patience and understanding. Their cooperation has been nothing short of outstanding as we worked through the issues from Friday’s event.”

An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the crash. The cruise line believes “spontaneous wind gusts and strong currents” contributed to the accident, which it has described as an “allision”, a nautical term used to describe when a moving ship collides with a fixed object.

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